I ended up finding a hay farmer in my county and have picked up two round bales with plans to get a few more before winter really hits. Four round...
Wow, those are beautiful colors!
I am going to build a "food saver" feeder that won't let them scatter the hay everywhere and sleep on it. I'll try searching a bit further out,...
This winter looks to be harsh here in Maine with droughts this year causing a hay shortage. I'm trying to stock up as much as I can along with hay...
We actually started on his back around the base of his neck where we have managed to shear him. Thank you for the tips on introducing the brush....
We tried to brush Lightning with the boar bristle brush from your store, but he kicked it out of my partner's hand. I tried and he kicked at me...
Where he is shorn is where Lightning is comfortable being touched. I think tomorrow we will halter him and keep trying. Even about a half inch...
We are shearing our boy who has never, ever, been shorn with the Arsenis hand shears and no restraints of any kind. Today we got half of his...
I think there's a bit of a pattern. I started putting the alpaca eliminations in a pile and my GSD Seamus followed suit also likes to eliminate...
Thank you, I watched a few videos and ordered a different brand.
@NinaFaust , were your alpacas frightened by the sound of the clicker at first? I tried to familiarize Lightning with the clicker, but he always...
We picked up several bales of straw and hay on Tuesday and I stacked the extra straw along one of the walls in Lightning's little barn. Now he...
He still pooped in the barn, but he seems to like having the hay in the barn more than outside anyway, so a net victory still. Before today he...
Lightning did what you predicted and dropped some scat shortly after cleaning his barn. This time instead of spreading the hay out all over I put...
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